a campaign manager told cnn the meeting was in a private, closed, locked conference room. among a half-dozen long-time mcconnell aides like a family meeting. the campaign insists this was no leak. more like a watergate-style break-in. quite nixonian move. reporter: mcconnell blamed progress kentucky which is already smeared the senator s wife. the opinion of your campaign staff in kentucky that your office there was bugged and was it appropriate for members of your staff to talk about ashley judd s bouts with depression as a potential campaign issue? well, as you know, last month my wife s ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in kentucky and then apparently they also bugged my headquarters. reporter: outraged that mcconnell staff would target the past struggles, a pokes person said this is yet another example of the politics of personal destruction that embody mitch mcconnell and are pervasive in washington, d.c. i can never anticipate what is going to push me over t
break-in. quite nixonian move. reporter: mcconnell blamed progress kentucky which is already smeared the senator s wife. the opinion of your campaign staff in kentucky that your office there was bugged and was it appropriate for members of your staff to talk about ashley judd s bouts with depression as a potential campaign issue? well, as you know, last month my wife s ethnicity was attacked by a left-wing group in kentucky and then apparently they also bugged my headquarters. reporter: outraged that mcconnell staff would target the past struggles, a pokes person said this is yet another example of the politics of personal destruction that embody mitch mcconnell and are pervasive in washington, d.c. i can never anticipate what is going to push me over the edge. reporter: the campaign once had its sites set on judd as a potential challenger including her in a web video even though